Spanish police said yesterday they fired on a truck loaded with butane gas bottles which was driving the wrong way down a road in Barcelona, managing to stop it and detain the Swedish driver, reports AFP. “The driver of the stolen butane truck stolen in Barcelona has a history of psychiatric problems.…

Armed men stood guard yesterday at the morgue holding the body of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, with officials denying reports the dead man’s son had arrived to claim the remains, reports AFP.The corpse of Kim Jong-Nam—who was killed last Monday…

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday, reports AFP. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition…

The family of a Palestinian attacker killed by an Israeli soldier reacted angrily to his sentencing to 18 months yesterday, labelling the trial a “farce”,…

A light aircraft smashed into shops and exploded into a “massive fireball” killing all five on board, including four American passengers reportedly…

French police yesterday arrested three men suspected of planning a terror attack in raids in the Paris area, Marseille and the central city of Clermont-Ferrand, legal sources said, reports AFP. In Clermont-Ferrand, a bomb-disposal operation was called in to sweep the home of a 37-year-old suspect for…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest national ruler, turned 93 on Tuesday, using a long and occasionally rambling interview to vow to remain in power despite growing signs of frailty, reports AFP. He celebrated with his staff in a private ceremony in Harare as supporters and…